The baby travelled in a thermal cot and after landing it was transferred to the Gaslini Hospital for the necessary specialist treatment

A baby of three mesi, admitted to The Sassari Hospital Trust and in need of urgent specialist care, he was transported in the morning of today Con One Falcon 50 of the Italian Air Force From Alghero to Genoa, for the subsequent admission to The Gaslini Hospital. The young patient travelled on board the aircraft in a heated cot, assisted during the journey by a medical team and accompanied by their parents.

For the Ambulance has been employed crew and an aircraft from the 31st Wing From Ciampino, one of the Air Force's flight departments which ensures, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, aircraft and crews ready to take off at short notice for this type of mission.

the urgent flight, requested by Prefecture of Sassari, it was immediately arranged and coordinated by Sala Vertice Situazioni del Comando della Squadra Aerea, the operations room of the Italian Air Force, which has among its tasks the activation and management of urgent medical transport, giving the take-off order to aircraft that the Armed Force keeps on standby, 24 hours a day, at various bases, for this type of emergency. 

Crews and transport aircraft of the Air Force are operational every single day of the year, 24 hours a day, to ensure, where requested and deemed necessary for reasons of urgency, the medical transport of people in imminent danger of life, of organs or medical teams or, as in this case, of people needing to be transferred to specialised treatment centres throughout the national territory. Hundreds of flight hours are carried out every year for this type of intervention, in support of citizens, by aircraft from the 31st Wing of Ciampino, the 14th Wing of Pratica di Mare and the 46th Air Brigade of Pisa. Where there are specific operational needs, the Air Force also employs helicopters from the 15th Wing of Cervia.